Comments on: Wine Wars on Planet Pinot http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/ Sat, 18 May 2013 15:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike Veseth http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4505 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:24:14 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4505 Not that I am know about. I think there may be snippets on youtube.

]]> By: Miguel CL http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4504 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:28:19 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4504 Mike Veseth, is the full video by Jancis Robinson available somewhere? Great post, as usual…

]]> By: Mike Veseth http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4292 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:59:06 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4292 Agreed. The Jancis Robinson videos were made in the 1990s.

]]> By: nanson http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4291 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:27:25 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4291 Not condoning, but let’s have the context – when were these videos made? Late 1980s? It’s a different world today…

]]> By: RobLL http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4257 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:12:24 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4257 An interesting thing about Pinot Noir is that there is no family of blending varieties. So a good Pinot typically depends upon a single vinyard for success. I have always suspected some great marketer/vintner will find the cultivars of Pinot and other grapes which will produce a light red blend with much or most of the qualities of a good Pinot Noir. The test as always will be true blind tastings. Terroir will suffer yet another erosion (my suspicion is that it is shorthand for a few other qualities vintners could list).

]]> By: Mike Veseth http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4245 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:16:58 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4245 Agreed, Tom. But let me say that the video is a few years old, so perhaps her opinion has changed. My point in using it was just to indicate that terroirists can sometimes be so territorial that it makes it hard to them to work together.

]]> By: Tom Wark http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4243 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:05:56 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4243 Mike, it’s hard to know what else to attribute this kind of attitude on the part of Mme Lalou other than real ignorance. And it’s very disappointing.

]]> By: gdfo http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4230 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:54:47 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4230 Some pinot noir is so good because of the petit syrah that was added into it.

I am not saying that all winemakers do this. I have seen and tasted pinot that was mysteriously darker in color and had a hint of elderberry in it. LOL. Yes it came from a very big wine maker and was a popular item for a while.

The French are pretty much going to agree that Burgundy makes the best PN. People have a tendancy to have vested interests. Trying to limit the possible quality of a particular wine cannot be limited by one factor. It takes many factors. Including skill and art.

]]> By: Daniel http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4228 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:28:28 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4228 Mike,
Did “Sideways” cause the upswing in PN, or all the mindless blather by TV reporters desperate to talk about “Sideways” and it’s influence on PN? It did OK ($71million US Gross), but let’s face it, it wasn’t that good of a movie!

]]> By: Mike Veseth http://wineeconomist.com/2012/07/31/wine-wars-on-planet-pinot/#comment-4226 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:40:52 +0000 http://wineeconomist.com/?p=5913#comment-4226 You made me smile, Peter. Thanks!

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